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function countdown_clock(year, month, day, hour, minute, format) { 
         //I chose a div as the container for the timer, but 
         //it can be an input tag inside a form, or anything 
         //who's displayed content can be changed through 
         //client-side scripting. 
         html_code = '<div id="countdown"></div>'; 
         
         document.write(html_code); 
         
         countdown(year, month, day, hour, minute, format);                
} 

function countdown(year, month, day, hour, minute, format) { 
         Today = new Date(); 
         Todays_Year = Today.getFullYear() - 2000; 
         Todays_Month = Today.getMonth();                  
         
         //Convert both today's date and the target date into miliseconds.                           
         Todays_Date = (new Date(Todays_Year, Todays_Month, Today.getDate(), 
                                 Today.getHours(), Today.getMinutes(), Today.getSeconds())).getTime();                                 

         Target_Date = (new Date(year, month, day, hour, minute, 00)).getTime();                  
         
         //Find their difference, and convert that into seconds.                  
         Time_Left = Math.round((Target_Date - Todays_Date) / 1000); 
         
         if(Time_Left < 0) 
            Time_Left = 0; 
         
         switch(format) 
               { 
               case 0: 
                    //The simplest way to display the time left. 
                    document.all.countdown.innerHTML = Time_Left + ' seconds'; 
                    break; 
               case 1: 
                    //More detailed. 
                    days = Math.floor(Time_Left / (60 * 60 * 24)); 
                    Time_Left %= (60 * 60 * 24); 
                    hours = Math.floor(Time_Left / (60 * 60)); 
                    Time_Left %= (60 * 60); 
                    minutes = Math.floor(Time_Left / 60); 
                    Time_Left %= 60; 
                    seconds = Time_Left; 
                    
                    dps = 's'; hps = 's'; mps = 's'; sps = 's'; 
                    //ps is short for plural suffix. 
                    if(days == 1) dps =''; 
                    if(hours == 1) hps =''; 
                    if(minutes == 1) mps =''; 
                    if(seconds == 1) sps =''; 
                    
                    document.all.countdown.innerHTML = days + ' day' + dps + ', '; 
//                    document.all.countdown.innerHTML += hours + ' hour' + hps + ' and '; 
//                    document.all.countdown.innerHTML += minutes + ' minute' + mps ; 

                    document.all.countdown.innerHTML += hours + ' hour' + hps + ', '; 
                    document.all.countdown.innerHTML += minutes + ' minute' + mps + ' and '; 
                    document.all.countdown.innerHTML += seconds + ' second' + sps; 
                    break; 
               default: 
                    document.all.countdown.innerHTML = Time_Left + ' seconds'; 
               } 
               
         //Recursive call, keeps the clock ticking. 
         setTimeout('countdown(' + year + ',' + month + ',' + day + ',' + hour + ',' + minute + ',' + format + ');', 1000);

} 

function get3rdThursday(whichMonth, whichYear) { 
        var nTargetday = 4; 
        var nMonth = whichMonth ; 
        var nYear = whichYear; 
        var nTh = 3; 

        var nEarliestDate = 1 + 7 * (nTh - 1) 

        var d = new Date(nYear,nMonth,nEarliestDate); 
        var nWeekday = d.getDay(); 

        if ( nTargetday==nWeekday ) nOffset = 0; 
        else { 
                if ( nTargetday<nWeekday ) nOffset = nTargetday + (7 - nWeekday); 
                else nOffset = (nTargetday + (7 - nWeekday)) - 7; 
        } 

        var t3rdThursdayDate = new Date(nYear,nMonth,nEarliestDate + nOffset); 
        t3rdThursdayDate.setHours(20); 
        t3rdThursdayDate.setMinutes(30); 

        return t3rdThursdayDate; 
} 

var today = new Date(); 
// document.write("<p />today : " + today); 

var thisMonth = today.getMonth();
var monthCheck;
var thisYear = today.getFullYear(); 

thisMonths3rdThursday = get3rdThursday(thisMonth, thisYear); 
var nextCurry = thisMonths3rdThursday; 

document.write("<fieldset>"); 
document.write("<legend>curry countdown</legend>"); 

if ( thisMonths3rdThursday > today ) { 
//      document.write("<p />the third Thursday hasn't occured yet this month"); 
        countdown_clock(thisMonths3rdThursday.getFullYear() - 2000, 
                thisMonths3rdThursday.getMonth(), 
                thisMonths3rdThursday.getDate(), 
                thisMonths3rdThursday.getHours(), 
                thisMonths3rdThursday.getMinutes(), 
                1); 
	monthCheck = thisMonths3rdThursday.getMonth();
} else { 
//      document.write("<p />need to look for the third Thursday next month"); 
        if ( thisMonth == 11 ) { 
                var nextCurryMonth = 0; 
                var nextCurryYear = thisYear + 1; 
        } else { 
                var nextCurryMonth = thisMonth + 1; 
                var nextCurryYear = thisYear; 
        } 
        var nextMonths3rdThursday = get3rdThursday(nextCurryMonth, nextCurryYear);
	nextCurry = nextMonths3rdThursday; 
        countdown_clock(nextMonths3rdThursday.getFullYear() - 2000, 
                nextMonths3rdThursday.getMonth(), 
                nextMonths3rdThursday.getDate(), 
                nextMonths3rdThursday.getHours(), 
                nextMonths3rdThursday.getMinutes(), 
                1); 
	monthCheck = nextMonths3rdThursday.getMonth();
} 

if (monthCheck % 4 == 1) { currytext = 'curry draw' }
else { currytext = 'next curry' }
document.write("<div class='nextcurry'>" + currytext + " : " + nextCurry.format('DDDD, MMMM d h:mmtt') + "</div>"); 
document.write("</fieldset>");


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